Leslie Dayman


Leslie Dayman, credited variously as Les Dayman and Les Daymen, is a retired Australian actor best known for his performances on television and film, major small screen roles including Homicide, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters and E Street

Career

Dayman who was born in Footscray, Victoria, Australia, and started his career in theatre from 1955, a genre he would work in as an actor, director and narrator, and on television from 1964 starred in the crime series Homicide as senior detective Bill Hudson having appeared in 104 episodes from 1966 to 1968. In the 1980s, he was a major cast member in the soap operas Sons and Daughters, Prisoner and E Street. Other television roles have included Division 4, Bellamy, Cop Shop, Holiday Island, A Country Practice, Water Rats, Stingers, All Saints, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Sara Dane. Movie appearances include Weekend of Shadows, Gallipoli, Oscar and Lucinda, Footy Legends, Stepfather of the Bride, The Silence and Holy Smoke! He acted in many South Australian Theatre Company productions and was its Director from 1969–1980.

Personal life

He has two sons with Diane Chamberlain Dayman : Nicholas Andrew and Timothy Paul. Dayman now has two granddaughters and a grandson.
Les is currently married to wife Rose Dayman.

Filmography

Television and film roles